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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News, News
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News, News
It's been one full week now since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at his inauguration last Monday (20 January).
And, in his first week in the role, the 78-year-old Republican leader signed a flurry of executive orders and made a series of statements regarding various policies he plans on rolling out.
His latest statement, posted to Instagram yesterday (26 January), saw Trump share an AI-generated image of himself wearing a fedora hat alongside a sign which read 'FAFO' in a bold, red font alongside a smiley-face - the meaning of which many people were somewhat confused over.
The term 'FAFO' is usually interpreted as an acronym for the phrase 'f*ck around and find out'.
Now, the ongoing diplomatic dispute between the US and Colombia took a new turn after Colombia announced its refusal to allow two US military planes to land on its soil.
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These particular planes were transporting migrants from the States as part of Trump's controversial immigration policies.
The US Defence Department and the Department of Homeland Security reports that these flights were intended to return around 80 Colombian nationals to their country.
Trump then said the tariffs 'on all goods' coming into the US from Colombia would be put in place 'immediately' and, in just one week, the 25 percent tariffs would be raised to 50 percent.
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Responding to Trump's measures, Columbia hit back with retaliatory tariffs, imposing a 50 percent tariff on all US imports.
"I am informed that you impose a 50 percent tariff on the fruits of our human labour to enter the United States, and I do the same," Columbia president Gustavo Petro wrote on social media.
Therefore, the timing of Trump's 'FAFO' post seemingly sends the message that he's not backing down.
In response to the two planes not landing, Trump announced 'urgent and decisive retaliatory measures' in a post on TruthSocial, saying that the US would impose a travel ban and 'immediate visa revocations' on Colombian government officials alongside its allies and supporters.
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"These measures are just the beginning," Trump added.
Trump has made some extremely serious moves to end birthright citizenship.
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When Trump references birthright citizenship, he's likely talking about the legal principle of jus soli - which means 'right of the soil' in Latin.
The first sentence of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution establishes the principle of birthright citizenship: "All persons born or naturalised in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."
In short, the legal principle grants citizenship to anyone born in the country, regardless of their parents' citizenship. So, such a principle allows nearly everyone born on US soil to become a US citizen immediately.
The order in question tries to make it so that children born in the US, but without at least one parent who is a lawful permanent resident or US citizen, are no longer automatically extended US citizenship.
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It works by disallowing federal agencies from issuing or recognising documentation proving US citizenship for such children who meet that criteria in the US 30 days after the order was signed.
The executive order largely targets children who are born to unauthorised immigrants as well as people legally in the US on temporary visas.
Birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th Amendment and any attempt to revoke it will likely bring immediate legal challenges.
This means that, most likely, Trump will not be able to end birthright citizenship - and definitely not through executive order.